Rosaries

[cddiaz1223]

I have always loved the rosary, and have collected several rosaries over time. While looking for a new rosary I came across one that a crafter had made and called it the “anglican rosary” It had 4 decades with only 7 beads between each decade. This was different from the rosary I am used to seeing with the 5 decades, 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Mary’s for each decade.

How many kinds of rosaries are there? What’s different about them?

Thank you!

 

[corsair]

I’m sure there are many varieties of the Rosary. I’m aware of the Servite Seven Sorrows Rosary (some call it a chaplet), the Franciscan Crown Rosary and of course the regular Rosary. Its should be interesting to see what others can identify.

 

[fif1189]

I have always loved the rosary, and have collected several rosaries over time. While looking for a new rosary I came across one that a crafter had made and called it the “anglican rosary” It had 4 decades with only 7 beads between each decade. This was different from the rosary I am used to seeing with the 5 decades, 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Mary’s for each decade.

How many kinds of rosaries are there? What’s different about them?

Thank you!

They’re called Anglican Prayer Beads. It’s basically the Anglican version of the Rosary.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_prayer_beads

 

[LatinCatholic1]

The Anglican rosary is a Rosary used by the Anglican/Episcopalian Church, it is not Catholic. It actually Is a mixture of the Orthodox Prayer Rope and the Catholic Rosary beads made by a Episcopalian Bishop in the 1980s.

Hope this helped, God Bless

 

[ByzCathCantor]

The Anglican rosary is a Rosary used by the Anglican/Episcopalian Church, it is not Catholic. It actually Is a mixture of the Orthodox Prayer Rope and the Catholic Rosary beads made by a Episcopalian Bishop in the 1980s.

The main prayers recited using Christian Prayer Beads (as they are often called), aside from the Lord’s Prayer, are very Eastern in origin and usage. The Trisagion and Jesus Prayer are incorporated. There is no focus on mysteries of other events. Their use thus constitutes more of a prayer formula than a prayer rule.

BTW - Prayer Ropes are not the exclusive domain of Orthodoxy

 

[Alfonsus]

For some people, the term rosary and chaplet are interchangeable.
Of course the Catholic Church too have collections of prayers recited with special rosaries other than the Dominican rosary, and which don’t have mysteries attached.

The most popular East and West is of course the prayer rope for praying the Jesus prayer. I have one with 33 knots.

Then from Latin devotion, we have a very similar one (or perhaps derived from the Jesus prayer), the chaplet of the Blessed Sacrament, consisting of 33 beads where on each bead we recite “Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament on the altar have mercy on us!” See the similarity of this prayer with the Jesus prayer?

We have also the Trisagion rosary, a devotion originated from the Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians). I think the only Western religious order that highly devoted to the Trisagion prayer like the Byzantine is the Trinitarians.

Then we have the chaplet of Divine Mercy and a lot more plethora of chaplets.

To be honest, I like this Christian Prayer Beads (Anglican Rosary), for a simple reason. It is very monastic and its purpose is for counting prayers. The Anglican Rosary have several recommendation, what prayers to pray in which beads, but the user can always devise their own usage.

 

[Southwell]

They’re called Anglican Prayer Beads. It’s basically the Anglican version of the Rosary.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_prayer_beads

Looking at the above website the prayers look like a combination of the beginning of the Devine Office, the Orthodox “Jesus prayer,” and the Pater Noster, closing with the ordinary conclusion of, again, the Devine Office. An interesting devotional, and of recent derivation, this is the first I’ve heard of it.

Calling it the Anglican Rosary is a tribute to the power and grace of the Most Holy Rosary and of Our Lady!!! They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.

JMJ,

Southwell

 

[creole54]

The most common rosary is the 5 decade Dominican. There’s also the 7 decade Franciscan crown rosary. Most other sets of beads are technically called chaplets, such as the Divine Mercy, Seven Sorrows, etc.

I ran across this website recently that sells a new type of rosary called the Fiat Rosary. You say all four sets of mysteries on a single strand of beads. It kind of reminds me of a ‘quickie’ rosary. thefiatrosary.com/

 

[buzzoff1031]

IMHO, there is only one Rosary and that’s the Holy Rosary of the BVM. Now, there are many different types pf prayer beads, the category into which our Rosary could fall. The Muslims have one, the Anglicans, Buddhists, etc. Several faith groups have prayer beads. A more fruitful search would be searching that term, me thinks.

 

[LatinCatholic1]

IMHO, there is only one Rosary and that’s the Holy Rosary of the BVM. Now, there are many different types pf prayer beads, the category into which our Rosary could fall. The Muslims have one, the Anglicans, Buddhists, etc. Several faith groups have prayer beads. A more fruitful search would be searching that term, me thinks.

The Orthodox too

 

[tabycat]

There also the ‘Penal’ rosaries. They have one decade with a cross on one end and a ring on the other end . It uses the fingers to keep track of the decades. It was devoleped in Irland under the Penal Laws.

 

[creole54]

There also the ‘Penal’ rosaries. They have one decade with a cross on one end and a ring on the other end . It uses the fingers to keep track of the decades. It was devoleped in Irland under the Penal Laws.

I have one of those! The history behind how they came about is fascinating.